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Genus Coleothorpa

Coleothorpa axillaris (J. L. LeConte) - Coleothorpa axillaris Egg Laying - Coleothorpa axillaris - female Unknown Beetle - Coleothorpa vittigera Small Fuzzy Beetle - Coleothorpa vittigera Pubescent Pacybrachis? - Coleothorpa vittigera beetle - Coleothorpa Coleothorpa vittigera Coleothorpa vittigera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Clytrini
Subtribe Megalostomina
Genus Coleothorpa
Explanation of Names
Coleothorpa Moldenke 1981
Numbers
7 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
so. Canada to n. Mexico(1)
Food
Adults associated with many plant species(1)
Life Cycle
See Gilbert (1981)
Remarks
still missing in guide:
C. aenescens (Crotch, 1873)
C. mucorea (LeConte, 1858)
C. panochensis (Gilbert 1981)
C. seminuda (Horn, 1892)
Print References
Gilbert A.J. (1981) A new species of Coscinoptera Lacordaire from California (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(2): 364-370.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2006
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2005 - 7:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 30 December, 2023 - 7:57am

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